[Tintin Storm]

Residents of the counties of Seongju and Gimcheon and six organizations of the ROK are against the deployment of the US anti-missile system THAAD in the territories of the country. At the press conferences held in Seongju County, they protested the use of electromagnetic waves produced by the THAAD system.
Residents and representatives of six organizations noted that the deployment of the THAAD complex will cause irreparable damage to the country and will not bring it any benefit, therefore, the peaceful people of the ROK are responsible for boycotting the deployment of the THAAD systems.
In their statement, they demanded that the government immediately stop understating the impact on the environment, interrupt all work on putting THAAD systems into operation, dismantle THAAD equipment, cease construction of facilities for the deployment of THAAD, withdraw all equipment, conduct a fair impact assessment on the environment and conduct a thorough investigation violations of the law when deploying THAAD, and punish all violators.
In addition to South Korean organizations and residents, a number of international organizations, including Veterans for Peace, are opposed to the deployment of THAAD systems in South Korea.
Veterans for peace are in solidarity with the inhabitants of Seongju- South Korea is in its strong opposition to the deployment of the US anti-missile defense system THAAD in Korea, which is part of a provocative threat to China, Russia and the DPRK, is an obstacle to global nuclear disarmament. They urge the US government to change its course of perpetuating the endless wars and the production and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and to reorient its resources to meet the pressing needs of the modern world, such as creating a sustainable economy and combating climate change. They also urge the US government to reconsider its decision to deploy THAAD, abolish the missile defense program, stop provocative actions and finally end the 65-year-old Korean War, ensuring peace and security in Northeast Asia.

[ThirdTerm]

South Korea will order new PAC-3 interceptors to counter North Korea along with the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system which has been already deployed. China strongly objects to it, carrying out an aggressive campaign of economic retaliation that includes sending fewer tourists. I think South Korea doesn't need these missile defence systems. Protecting South Korea from an imagined threat is not so important as North Korean ballistic missiles have never flown over South Korea. Comrade Kim recently apologised for waking the South Korean president up early in the morning with provocative missile tests targeting Japan.

SEOUL, South Korea —South Korea plans to give an order of new Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles as part of an ongoing effort to defend against North Korea’s ballistic missile threat.

The buy of PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement built by Lockheed Martin was approved Feb. 7 by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration’s executive committee, chaired by the Ministry of National Defense. The latest contract, through the Foreign Military Sales program, is valued at around $53 million, according to the DAPA, with the number of PAC-3 MSE interceptors for delivery undisclosed.

“This procurement plan is aimed at acquiring more PAC-3 precision-guided missiles to respond to North Korea’s ballistic missile threat in a more effective way,” DAPA spokesman Kang Seok-hwan said. “The contract is expected to be made in the second half of the year for the delivery after 2020.”

https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia ... rth-korea/